Clenched-nail straightener.



F. P. WEIGEL.

CLENCHED NAIL STRAIGHTENER.

APPLlCATION FILED MAR.28.191?.

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INVENTOR franirfWezyel UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. WEIGEL, OF FLANDREAU, SOUTH DAKO'I'A.

CLENCHED-NAL STRAIGHTENER.

Application filed March 28, 1917.

To all whom it may concw:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. WEIGEL, residing at Flandreau, in thecounty of Moody and State of South Dakota, have invented a clenched-NailStraightener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its purpose to provide a handy tool or implementfor carpenters, farmers and mechanics uses in general, of a simple andeconomical construotion, and which is more especially designed forstraightening a clenched nail back into condition for being readilypulled.

Another object of my invention is to provide an attachment for hammers,wrecking bars and the like adapted for straightening clenched nails andpulling the straightened nails, and which, when operatively applied,does not interfere with the regular uses of the hammer, wrecking bar orother like tools.

With other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my inventionconsists of an improved tool or implement that embodies the peculiarfeatures of Construction and novel arrangement of parts hereinafterfully explained, specifically pointed out in the appended claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a conventionalform of claw hammer,with my improvement applied.

Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal section of the hammer shown in Fig. 1and llustrates the manner in which the nail straightener is driven underthe clenched end of a nail.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the hammer with the nailstraightener being shown swung up to the nail straightening position.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the claw end of a rocking bar with myimproved nail straightening attachment applied for use.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of my improved attachment.

This invention, which may be in the nature of a new article, embodyingan attachment adapted for being used in connection with different tools,or formed as an integral part of a tool is specially designed for beingreadily projected under the clenched end of a nail and, when enteredunder the Specificaton of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Serial No. 157398.

said clenched end, to serve as a prying lever for bending the clenchedend back to a straightened position, whereby to provide for hammeringthe nail back to cause the head end to be protruded sufticiently toallow the claw end of a hammer, wrecking bar or other like tool to pullthe same.

In Figs. l, 2 and 3, I have shown my invention as combined with anordinary claw hammer and, in the said showing, the attachment, whichmay' be integrallyformed with a hammer head, is shown as a short tube 1having one side flattened and tapered as at 2 for seating in a wedgeshaped groove that extends near-ly the full width of one side of thehandle receiving socket of the hammer head.

In Fig. 2, I have shown the tube 1 as integral with the hammer head and,the said tube 1, has its nail receiving end eX- tended flush with theouter edge of the hammer and the said end beveled to form a chisel-likecutting end 10 to facilitate shifting the said tube 1 down into theplank to work under the clenched nail end.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the drawing, the completeConstruction, the manner of using and the advantages of my inventionwill be readily understood.

While I have shown my invention as especially adapted for use inconnection with an ordinary claw hammer and a Wrecking bar, it isunderstood that the same, with slight modifications, may be readilyapplied to other types of tools.

What I claim is:

l. An implement comprising a claw shaped head and a handle, a tubularmember attached to the said head and projected in the longitudinal planeof the handle and a nail driving member combined with the head and thetubular member.

2. As a new article, a clenched nail straightener consisting of ahandle, a claw shaped member and a hammering head at one end thereof,and a tubular member attached to the hammering head and projected in thelongitudinal plane of the handle.

FRANK P. WEIGEL.

copies of this patent may be obtaned for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

